EP27 The Phases of Empires

How much of what we are seeing in the world today seems new to us but is something that the world has already seen over and over again?Did you know that there were women university professors, judges, lawyers 1200 years ago?  Did you know that rock-stars were a thing back then?Most of what we are going through now, even the Black Lives Matter types of movements are only to be expected due to the phase that the USA-Empire is in, as it is falling.In this episode we go through the different phases of an empire, as described by Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb (1897-1989) in his articles on empires.This is interesting, but what really interests me is what we can learn and if we can use that knowledge to create something like Bret Weinstein´s Perpetual Abundance Society  (that we talked about in the previous episode).  Based on the cycles of empires there are a few things we need to solve in order to make it work.  Some key factors seem to have to do with greed, relating to money and power and finding a way of turning us expansively onto a virtuous life without any threat or violence.  If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for the podcast you can contact me on Instagram @BasiasThoughts.  And, of course, if you would like to see more content from me do sponsor me on https://www.patreon.com/basia because that will allow me to focus more on content creation.